1918 ROYAL CANADIAN ENGINEERS in PALESTINE, soldiers letter from Sapper James Cordy of the 1st Bridging Company RCE (Railroad Troops), posted from FPO-SZ61 at Safed-Palestine on DEC30,1918 and addressed to Phoenix-BC with arrival FEB10,1919, lot includes a copy of Cordy's Attestation papers and his original enclosed letter, cover has an opening tear UL, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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1919 ROYAL CANADIAN ENGINEERS in PALESTINE, a letter to Sapper Harry Tyner of the 1st Bridging Company RCE platoon No.3 (Railroad Troops) in Palestine, posted from Montreal on FEB17,1919, lot includes a copy of Tyners Attestation papers, cover has a closed tear at top, a rare letter to a soldier as there was little room to save envelopes in their packs and most were discarded, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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1916 CANADIAN DOCTOR LETTER DARDANELLES ARMY, EGYPT, letter from Winnipeg on MAY3,1916 to Lieut. J. A. Creighton RAMC at the 16yj Casualty Clearing Station in Egypt, the station had moved to Greece, a boxed PRESENT LOCATION UNCERTAIN h/s applied and returned to sender via the Ottawa-DLO on NOV 3rd + Winnipeg-DLO on NOV 8th, a few travel wrinkles, great markings and F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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1917 REGISTERED CANADIAN SOLDIERS LETTER from APO-S.65, located at Zuydschoote-Belgium, dated SEP15,1917 and addressed to Kitchener-Ont, British censor 5409 h/s and Customs Duty Free cancel dated OCT 3rd, water stain LR, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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1919 LETTER to CANADIAN SOLDIER in the BRITISH ARMY SUDAN, from Hamilton on MAY26,1919 and addressed E.E.F. in Egypt, routing via London + Alexandria-APO + forwarded to Wadi-Halfa-Sudan + onward to Shellal-Halfai-Sudan on JUL 5th, Sudan censor No.101 h/s, a scarce destination, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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1917 CANADIAN POW at FRIEDRICHSFELD CAMP (WESEL), letter from the POW camp 3 miles south of Wesel, routing via German occupied Netherlands + London on May10, 1917 + ship to St-John-NB arriving JUN 5th, note a large camp censor h/s + British unmarked sealing tape on back, some edge wear from the trip, F-VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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1919 CANADIAN-FPO-SIBERIA (OCT,1918-MAY,1919 B&T #M5-1 RF-C), dated MAR8,1919 on a Russian postcard showing a Vladavostok street scene, from Rifleman Coghlan of the 259th Battalion and addressed to Toronto, crease RHS, scarce and F-VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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CANADIAN SOLDIERS WWI LETTERS 1918-1919, two letters (only one cover) from gunner Randolf Gandy and mailed at APO-552 in Belgium, addressed to his mother in St-John-NB, interesting letters with 2 photos of the Belgian woman whose home he was billeted, lot contains a condensed transcript of the letters, F-VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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36 CANADA WWI RAILWAY BATTALION COVERS & EPHEMERA 1917-1918, companion to the previous lot including 19 soldiers letters, 5 cards, 4 loose letters from France and Belgium, also recruitment records for two of the correspondents, plus a Canada Military Archives duplicate list of Railway Battalion officers and soldiers showing their enlistment date, a great lot retailing over $640, F-VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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13 WORLDWIDE WWI COVERS & CARDS 1915-1919, includes a real photo card showing troop transport HMS DELTA, 1916 card with hospital ship HMS GOORKHA, a hospital ship RMS MOREA card, a 1918 Bermuda registered cover to Canada, a 1918 cover with Seaford Camp “SEGREGATION AREA” h/s, 1919 Japan registered to Switzerland via Canada, 1919 Belgium registered to Canada ++, retails over $540, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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18 WORLDWIDE MILITARY POSTCARDS 1908-1919 (a few are WWII), 13 are WWI cards noting a 1914 card to an Austrian POW in Siberia via the Red Cross, a JUL-1918 real photo of German POW's at England Beachley Camp-2, four cards show French war destruction in the Somme, also a 1919 US soldiers postcard from APO-727, 4 cards and one patriotic cover are WWII related, F-VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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694 WWI GERMAN-AUSTRIAN FELDPOST CARDS & COVERS 1914-1918, 625 cards, 46 covers, and 23 Austrian POW cards from various Russian camps, a completely unchecked original hoard, a great specialist lot, retails over $2000 for ordinary Feldpost locations, F-VF est ($150+ US) (Image)

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